Is someone bullying you, hurting you, or doing something to you that you want to stop. You don't have to put up with it. You have a right to be safe from abuse. There are ways of getting support. Read more »
The BMC has developed some Climbing Activity Packs for Schools to help teachers and teaching assistants to develop climbing at their schools. They offer guidance on competencies for people supervising sessions, opportunities climbing can offer, a set of activities which can be run on a low level traverse wall and advice on progressing into other climbing walls, clubs and competitions. Read more »
Children and adolescents are not mini-adults. Audry Morrison has some recommendations for monitoring the training of dedicated young climbers. Read more »
Welcome to the BMC ‘Climbing in Schools’ page with advice and guidance for schools with roped climbing walls or low-level traversing walls. Here you will find information about how to safely get the most from a facility, how to increase the use of a facility and how to improve the quality of coaching and instruction. Read more »
Do you remember your first climbing experience? Almost 200 young people from across the Fylde Coast got their first taste of climbing at a festival held at Blackpool Sixth Form College. Read more »
The Climbing Hangar has joined forces with the British Mountaineering Council to offer a group of kids from disadvantaged backgrounds a scholarship on its bouldering award scheme. Read more »
Last week (3-9 October) was the return of Women’s Sport Week, which aims to celebrate and showcase women’s sport at every level, from the grassroots to the elite. The overall ambition is to get more women and girls physically active and playing sport Read more »
On Friday 27 May, 80 Year 10 girls from different secondary schools across the Sheffield area were invited to The Climbing Works to trying climbing for the first time. Read more »
Having a climbing wall in a school not only boosts children's climbing grade, there are amazing benefits to health, academic performance, and social skills as well. But not only that, it opens the door to an array of career pathways. Read more »
What work opportunities does climbing have to offer? We interviewed six people who work in the industries to find out more. Read more »
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